1889 - 1946 (57 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Mable "Millie" Blanche Huffman was born on 25 Feb 1889 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Dec 1946 in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. Notes:
Name: Millie Blanche Butler
Death Date: 18 Dec 1946
Death Place: Bronson, San Augustine, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 57 years 9 months 23 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 25 Feb 1889
Birthplace: Sabine Co., Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Ashley James Huffmen
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Nannie E. Buckley
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: House Wife
Place of Residence: Brouson
Cemetery:
Burial Place: Gravel Hill, Texas
Burial Date: 19 Dec 1946
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2218505
Digital Film Number: 4030561
Image Number: 788
Reference Number: 57053
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
Mable married Homer Leon Butler on 23 Dec 1909 in Sabine County, Texas. Homer (son of Robert Curry Butler and Frances "Fannie Mae" Ellen Andrews) was born on 3 Sep 1889 in Texas; died on 21 Nov 1942 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Olga Butler was born on 5 Apr 1911 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Oct 1916 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
- 3. Leon Roy Butler was born on 13 Apr 1912 in Texas; died on 23 Mar 1993 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
- 4. Ina M. Butler was born about 1914 in Texas; and died.
- 5. Robert C. Butler was born about 1915 in Texas; and died.
- 6. Dollie Fannie L. Butler was born on 23 Apr 1917 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 26 Aug 2009 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery (Caucasian), San Augustine County, Texas.
- 7. Johnie Butler was born about 1919 in Texas; and died.
- 8. Dewey Conway Butler was born on 18 Jan 1922 in Texas; died on 28 Nov 1981 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.
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Generation: 2
2. | Olga Butler (1.Mable1) was born on 5 Apr 1911 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 6 Oct 1916 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. |
3. | Leon Roy Butler (1.Mable1) was born on 13 Apr 1912 in Texas; died on 23 Mar 1993 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas. |
5. | Robert C. Butler (1.Mable1) was born about 1915 in Texas; and died. Notes:
(Research):Shown as Raymond on the 1920 census?
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6. | Dollie Fannie L. Butler (1.Mable1) was born on 23 Apr 1917 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 26 Aug 2009 in San Augustine County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery (Caucasian), San Augustine County, Texas. Notes:
Could she have been listed as Fannie, in error, on the 1930 census?
The Sabine County Reporter
September 2, 2009, Page 9
Dollie B. Ponder
Mrs. Dollie B. Ponder, 92, of San Augustine, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009.
Mrs. Ponder was born April 23, 1917, in San Augustine County as a daughter of the late Homer Leon and Millie Blanch Butler. She was a member of the Antioch Church of Christ and retired after working several years as a clerk at a local business.
Survivors: daughters, Treva Gray of Nacogdoches and Kay Davis and husband Buddy of Broaddus; seven grandchildren, Valarie Harrell and husband Jeff, Christy Wood and husband John, Sabrina Delaney and husband Michael, Molly Brown, Milton Gray Jr., Jason Pike and wife Pam, and Melanie Abshire and husband Percy; eight great-grandchildren, and three great-great granchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Ponder; a grandson, Clark Cortines; her parents; four brothers; and a sister.
Funeral services were conducted Saturday, Aug. 29, at Wyman Roberts Memorial Chapel in San Augustine with Alton B. Shaw, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Interment followed at Antioch Cemetery in San Augustine County.
Services were under the direction of Wyman Roberts Funeral Home in San Augustine.
(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, September 2009)
A nearly identical obituary was also published in the September 3, 2009 issue of the San Augustine Tribune.
Dollie married Jessie Berry Ponder on 22 Dec 1941. Jessie (son of Berry Ponder and Lillie Eppes) was born on 21 Nov 1917 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 26 Aug 1996 in Angelina County, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cemetery (Caucasian), San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Johnie Butler (1.Mable1) was born about 1919 in Texas; and died. Notes:
Could he have married Willie Mae Adkins of San Augustine and moved to Galveston?
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8. | Dewey Conway Butler (1.Mable1) was born on 18 Jan 1922 in Texas; died on 28 Nov 1981 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. Notes:
His Texas Death Certificate shows that he was a son of Homer Butler and Millie Huffman, and his surviving spouse was Eloise Lee. He was a pipefitter in the carbide industry, retired. Cemetery was listed as Mt. Zion, with his body removed to Lufkin.
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Generation: 3
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